Top Podcasts on Bam Adebayo's 83-Point Game

“Bam Adebayo scores 83. I'm not surprised somebody has scored that many points, because we brought it up numerous times. Somebody's going to get there. With the volume of threes, somebody's going to get there. And we've had a couple of players getting over 70. If you said, hey, who's the guy who's going to break the record, I would have said, no, I would say Kobe's record.”

“Bam, an underrated superstar, his previous high was 43, and I think he had 41 at halftime. But towards the end, they let him shoot. He had a lot of threes. He took 22 threes, and he's not a good shooter, but went to the free throw line and ended up with 83. Here's the call when he surpassed Kobe Bryant's 81 points last night.”

“If you would have asked a year ago, hey, a Heat player is going to set a scoring record, a score over 70. You'd have picked Tyler Hero in this NBA. Tyler's a shooter. He's had a bunch of 40, 50, maybe a couple 50-point games. What do you think the over-under will be for Bam Adebayo's next game? They play against Milwaukee. We should be able to find the over-under.”

“Miami Heat star just dropped 83 points last night, the second most ever in an NBA game, surpassing Kobe Bryant's 81 and trailing only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point effort. Adebayo started off hot with 30 points in the first quarter against the hapless Washington Wizards, but things got sort of weird from there. In the second half, as it became apparent that the game was in hand, the Heat started to blatantly stat pad for Bam.”

“"I knew we needed to win that game. Because we've been in this playing situation for the last three, four years. And going into the game, you know, we got most of our starters out... And we just needed to win. Why does it feel like people want you to apologize for scoring 83 points? Probably because I wasn't part of the agenda."”

“If he was that hot at the beginning of the game, you've got to give the guy credit. You don't – That's what I'm saying. You don't just, like – 83 points? You don't willy-nilly score 83 points. Why do we really care? Nobody's getting a prize. There's no award for any of this. And as far as I'm concerned, Kobe's 81 is still a hell of a better game than what Bam put up yesterday.”

“"Bam Adebayo still put up over 60 points through three quarters. You can talk about the fourth quarter. But let's please acknowledge the first quarter he had 31. That had nothing to do with some scheming game plan to draw fouls. He put up 31. Eric Spolster, the Miami Heat head coach, then realized maybe there was something special."”

“"Bam Adebayo still put up over 60 points through three quarters. You can talk about the fourth quarter. But let's please acknowledge the first quarter had 31. That had nothing to do with some scheming game plan to draw fouls... But if you're still putting up at least 60 points at the end of three quarters, I have to acknowledge that you had an incredible night."”

“And yes, I know. Were there some shady things going on in the final five minutes? Yes, there were. Yes, there were. was it disappointing to watch it play out that way yes i mean 43 free throws i mean it didn't feel like basketball i'll put it that way but i'm still going to celebrate the 83 that he had and i think people should celebrate it.”

“Bam scored 83 points in a game where he shot below 50% from the floor, below 33% from three, but shot 43 free throws. In the history of the NBA, the guys who have put up free throw attempt numbers in one game that are up there all have one thing in common... they all stink at shooting free throws. But all of this added up to Bam scoring 83 points?”

“If he put up 83. No, I said mentioned, but it wouldn't be like a full segment. Yes, it would. It's 83 points. I would have worked it in the rundown. Heat Wizards. It's still 83. You're right. It's still real to me, damn it. You're right, but just this time of year. Oh, my gosh. Here is Bam Adebayo on when he realized he was having a special night. Probably when I had 45 at the half.”

“Bam Adebayo is a fine player. Has he ever made the All-Star team? I think he's probably made an All-Star team or two...he is certainly not someone who you would ever have expected to score 83 points last night...The Washington Wizards are a disgrace. They are a disgrace to the capital of the United States of America. They are a disgrace to the National Basketball Association.”

“"83 points for bam 83 points are you kidding me sensational it is unbelievable he had 43 at halftime. And I thought, okay, maybe he gets to 60. And he just kept scoring And he kept scoring... People will bring up the Tony Delk 50-point game. NBA heads will bring it up and go, that was one of the weirdest things that ever happened in the NBA. What about this? It's unbelievable."”

“"Bam, you're going down in the history books, man. You are C-minute, so fuck all the hate, bro. Greatest scorer of all time. If y'all want to come here and talk about that other shit, go to ESPN. We celebrate today, for sure. I always love the Bam, man. Greatest effort in everyone."”

“"I care that people like you, which are playing cool now, I know the group chat shit y'all been saying. make it about Kobe everybody knows it's not a conversation if you want to say it's cool that he scored 83 I agree you're not going to take that away from him you don't just score 83 points that is crazy the second highest points ever like that's not to be discredited I want to be clear about that but having an argument about Kobe trying to say that this somehow makes it significant because of Kobe is the stupidest shit I ever heard in my life."”

“I did ask him this I said, did you think about stopping at 81 because your idol, Kobe, had 81? He said, no. No. Because Kobe would want me to go for, if it was reversed, Kobe's blowing by 81. and people think you know when I said that I was hating on Kobe I would never hate on Kobe and his accomplishment it uplifts that performance to me it uplifts what Kobe did him getting 83 I mean that's unbelievable.”

“Eric Spolstra rarely smiles, not ironically, during the regular season... He was smiling in the fourth quarter of this game because he knew that this was a special moment and he was drawing they were drawing up all kinds of wacky stuff to get him open... Bam had 31 in the first quarter. It's like, holy crap. Bam had 31 in the first quarter. And then everybody was kind of keeping an eye on it after that.”

“The man was in his bag... I'm like, hold on, bro. You been teasing us. You got all this in your bag. You gave us 83. Come on, man... I think Bam is one of the best two-way players in the league... It's just so unlike him. Anybody, him. Jordan B is a score. We don't look at Bam as a score.”

“Here's where I net out. It's not the second greatest scoring game of all time. Obviously. Like that's obvious. I don't care that he has more raw points than Kobe Bryant. It's not, what was he? He was 20 of 43 or something. And he made a million free throws. I can't remember exactly what it was. I would rank it behind 81 points for sure.”